Immigration Law

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When you hire a new employee there are plenty of tasks that find their way onto your to-do list: discuss benefits, prepare desk space, gather training materials, and provide them with an I-9 Form. While the paperwork may seem daunting, the I-9 form is required by federal law to comply with the Immigration Reform and Control Act. It must be completed for all new hires, or you could face serious ...

Ever since the results of the recent presidential election, thousands of immigrants across the United States have been living in fear. The new president’s campaign for office was built on a promise of mass deportations , using some kind of unspecified deportation force, and a wall stretched along the southern border which Mexico would somehow be responsible for funding. His policies also seemed to ...

It has been almost two weeks since Donald Trump became the 45 th President of the United States, and in that short time he has already issued more than a dozen executive orders, making sweeping changes to everything from federal employment to oil pipelines to immigration . On this blog, we take a look at the immigration orders that have been issued so far and how they impact those looking to come ...

In 1995, the Cuban Adjustment Act was revised after President Clinton’s negotiations with the Cuban government. In its previous interpretation, any people who were intercepted in U.S. waters off the coast of Florida would be allowed to remain in the U.S. After this negotiation, people intercepted on the water would be sent home, but those who made it to shore would be allowed to stay, and one year ...